Have to move a sprouting peony plant
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When will spring planted peony sprout??
Comments (2)hey, i'm just across the river from Detroit, and just a hint of advice, if you're buying from wal-mart or home depot or something, buy peonies with sprouts already on them, more than just eyes. for some reason i've always had success that way. i feel bad for the ones growing in the bag because they can't escape! but then i know they're alive. also, mine are about halfway to blooming by now. i would keep a careful watch though. i divided a big one last year and still have some small ones wih theire leaves all scrunched up....See Morenon sprouting peony root
Comments (1)I would care for it as you normally do and just try and be patient. It may grow next spring if you can wait. The amount of chilling is not a requirement for growing, only for blooming. Al...See Moremove peony plant to TX
Comments (3)You certainly can, however they won't be very happy here. :( If you really love your plants it might be best to leave them where they are happy. I have grown one, a Sarah Bernhardt. It took years for it to do anything. I had completely forgotten I'd planted it the first time it bloomed several years later. They have to be planted where they get morning sun only. I lucked out planting it where I did, east facing, against a fence with a large yaupon holly that over hung the fence blocking out all overhead sunlight. It was along the driveway so the garage blocked a lot of the sun and I also tended to park right next to it so that also blocked a lot of direct sun. Lore says we don't get enough chill time for them during our usual winters. The biggest problem I see is that when they bloom here in North Texas is right when we tend to have either late freezes or hail storms. If one doesn't knock those buds off the other will. I had to really protect that plant every spring, I'd have to put a trash can stuffed with newspapers over it to protect it from freezes or run out and throw a pot over it with a brick on top to protect it from high winds or hail. The bloom time doesn't last long either. You might want to check out the threads in the link below. Here is a link that might be useful: Peony in Texas...See MorePeonies planted in fall already sprouting 5" above ground?!?!
Comments (7)No problem! Especially since you had buds already---if it's still growing cut it off as soon as you can. Once your weather is such that you won't see new growth again this fall you might want to spread a bit of bulb fertilizer around the immediate area and scratch it in, do the same thing when you first see growth in the spring. I don't know how much benefit the fall application will provide but several forum members that I trust do it and seem to have amazing results. I put it on my peonies last spring and several of my established peonies bloomed bigger than they ever have so I'm a convert--spread my fertilizer for the fall already. The one recommended to me was an organic one called BulbTone. I used it and am really happy with the results, would certainly recommend it. There are several types of BulbTone, the one for bulbs is the one you'd want, or any other (preferably organic since it should help improve the soil, at least a tiny bit) bulb fertilizer....See Moreken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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